Poll: In general, how long is your working day? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 21:47
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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My working day is based on 10 translation hours, spread out between 7.30 a.m. and 10.30 p.m, based on 450 conventional translation words per hour.
That doesn't mean I'm always working until 10.30 p.m. I often translate a lot more than 450 conventional translation words per hour. In fact, I often switch between 'lazy' days in which I stop working at 4 p.m. and more intense days in which I work at least until midnight and sometimes even longer.
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Four five-hour days per week on average
| | | | | Too irregular for me to say | Aug 29, 2023 |
During the last 4 weeks until yesterday, I worked 12 hours per day, from 7 a.m. till 7 p.m., weekends included, but yesterday I had no work at all and very probably the same will happen again today…
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| Difficult to say | Aug 29, 2023 |
I consider all tasks that have to do with translation as work. So when I don't have a translation I still work every day for at least 3 to 4 hours.
Now, when I am translating it could be 8 to 10 hours a day from Monday to Friday, depending on availability, deadline, etc. I work at weekends only if necessary.
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 21:47
Spanish to English
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The amount of work I have underway at any given time can vary considerably. Basically, the more work I have, the longer I can make my working day. I don't have any kids to look after, and my main non-work activity is walking the dog cross-country for about an hour every evening, once the temperature comes down to a reasonable degree...
I've just finished and delivered a 2K word translation, it's now lunchtime and I don't have anything else to do workwise for the rest of the day. If ... See more The amount of work I have underway at any given time can vary considerably. Basically, the more work I have, the longer I can make my working day. I don't have any kids to look after, and my main non-work activity is walking the dog cross-country for about an hour every evening, once the temperature comes down to a reasonable degree...
I've just finished and delivered a 2K word translation, it's now lunchtime and I don't have anything else to do workwise for the rest of the day. If I'm lucky, nothing will come in tomorrow and I might be able to go and visit some friends who are over here on holiday, or take the dog to the beach... ▲ Collapse
| | | | Kay Denney 
France
Local time: 21:47
French to English
I will reasonably work from maybe 8.00 am to 8.00 pm, with two dog outing breaks and one lunch break, but I rarely take on enough work to need to work all those hours. Today I have two projects, 650 words apiece, which shouldn't take me more than half a day of uninterrupted work, but that I'm doing bit by bit in between other stuff.
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Patricia Prevost wrote:
I consider all tasks that have to do with translation as work. So when I don't have a translation I still work every day for at least 3 to 4 hours.
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3-4 hours a day doing what?
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6 hours sleeping
2 hours eating
2 hours free time
14 hours working*
*Includes remunerated and non-remunerated work
Women my age who've lived with their male partner for 45 years don't get much free time.
| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:47
Member (2008)
Italian to English
When I'm busy translating there is no limit. I don't have working hours.
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Helena Chavarria wrote:
Women my age who've lived with their male partner for 45 years don't get much free time.
Why?
| | | | | It’s not easy doing two jobs. | Aug 30, 2023 |
Ice Scream wrote:
Why?
When I got married women were expected to take care of the family and all the domestic chores. If they wanted to work outside the home, it meant doing two jobs.
I was lucky, as a person used to help me with the housework and when my children were small, a childminder looked after them in the afternoon but, even so, I’ve always been very busy.
I can translate for 12 hours a day, but not every day. I try not to spend more than eight hours doing translation-related work.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:47
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Helena Chavarria wrote:
Women my age who've lived with their male partner for 45 years don't get much free time.
I haven't got much free time but I live alone, so there's nobody else to blame. When I had a partner it was different: she blamed me for everything and I blamed her back.
[Edited at 2023-08-31 08:07 GMT]
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